Big Labor’s candidate In Pennsylvania rejected

The Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI) released the following statement last night in response to Senator Arlen Specter losing the Democratic primary election in Pennsylvania:

"Voters in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania voted against the state's longest-serving Senator in an unmistakable rebuke of Arlen Specter's inability to take a principled stand on key issues like the Employee 'Forced' Choice Act (EFCA). In spite of previously claiming the job-killing EFCA would take Pennsylvania backward, Specter, in a crass political move, decided to place union bosses above his constituents, and tonight, he suffered the consequences," said Katie Packer, executive director of the Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI). "Senator Specter should serve as an example to his colleagues on Capitol Hill: when you stand with Big Labor, and ignore the wishes of working families and small business owners, you do so at your own peril. The Obama Administration and their Big Labor pals should heed the message sent tonight in Pennsylvania and take the Employee 'Forced' Choice Act off the table for good."

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